Experimental Babesia gibsoni infection in coyotes (Canis latrans)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 904-908

  Evers, Holly V ^a   Kocan, A Alan ^a   Reichard, Mason V ^a   Meinkoth, James H ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia gibsoni; Babesiosis; Canis latrans; Coyote; Hemoprotozoan

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CARNIVORA; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TIME; WILD ANIMAL;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CARNIVORA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PARASITEMIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942677179     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.4.904     Document Type: Article

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